The Institute of International Finance (IIF) and Deloitte UK published findings of a global survey of sustainability professionals and other senior executives about the role of Chief Sustainability Officers (CSOs) in addressing the environmental, social and governance (ESG) imperative. “Financial service firms can play a critical role in helping transition the world to a low-carbon […]
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With the support of ClimatePartner, Nestlé launches their first range of climate neutral products in Germany: The entire Piccolini product range, now also with two new vegan and a meat-free variety, as well as the LITTLE STEPS infant milk formula in a new format. ClimatePartner has calculated the CO2 emissions of the products over their entire […]
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With the Circular Economy being a key strategic investment for most businesses in recent years, it becomes paramount to have a platform where each stakeholder involved in circular value chains can share and use material information, while maintaining privacy over sensitive data. In order to address this issue in the Japanese and Asian markets Circularise, […]
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Companies face up to US$120 billion in costs from environmental risks in their supply chains by 2026 according to new research released today by CDP, the global non-profit that runs the world’s leading environmental disclosure platform. The report, Transparency to Transformation: A Chain Reaction, analyzes data from 8,000+ supplier companies disclosing to their corporate customers via CDP in 2020 […]
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reNature and Climate Neutral Group (CNG) are announcing their partnership to contribute to the transformation of agriculture into a climate solution. Both organisations were founded by the Dutch Foundation DOEN, who is now also financially supporting both organizations. The partnership will make it easier for farmers to receive support on regenerative agriculture practices, and at […]
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Today, February 4, 2021, Philips CEO Frans van Houten will provide the introduction to and participate in a milestone public webinar organized by the Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy (PACE) to launch the PACE Circular Economy Action Agendas – a set of five expert reports that represent a rallying call to accelerate the transition to a circular […]
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Companies that ignore their impact on the environment don’t just alienate customers and turn off investors. Ultimately, says a new business brief from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), they face “existential challenges”. The GEO for Business brief, Adapt to Survive: Business transformation in a time of uncertainty calls on businesses to dramatically reduce their […]
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The World Business council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) released the Circular Transition Indicators (CTI) framework version 2.0 and the accompanying online tool that was jointly developed with more than 30 companies. The use of common indicators for circularity performance is essential to accelerating the transition to the circular economy and the CTI process helps companies’ scope and prepare their […]
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The World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) is revealing today its second iteration of the SDG2000, which outlines the 2000 companies that have the most influence in contributing to the achievement of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The 2000 represent a combined revenue of USD 46 trillion, directly employing over 102 million people worldwide, plus millions more […]
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Tijdens de internationale Climate Adaptation Summit (CAS) 2021 introduceerde Van Oord de Climate Risk Overview. Dit is een nieuwe mondiale tool die meerdere datalagen met elkaar combineert en zo gebruikers in staat stelt om wereldwijd risico’s van kustgebieden in kaart te brengen. De tool is openbaar en kan door iedereen worden gebruikt. De Climate Risk […]
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As global leaders gather for the UN’s Climate Adaptation Summit on climate resilience, new data published by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) shows that companies with science-based targets are delivering on large-scale emissions reductions. Target-setting companies have successfully reduced their emissions by 25% since 2015, a difference of 302 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent, the same as […]
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A growing coalition of 61 top business leaders across industries announced today their commitment to the Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics, a set of environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics and disclosures released by the World Economic Forum and its International Business Council (IBC) in September 2020, that measure the long-term enterprise value creation for all stakeholders. […]
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